UNICEF published a statement Thursday expressing deep concern with the detention of children in Iran amid ongoing public unrest. The statement, by UNICEF regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, stresses several key issues. First, the number of child detainees, and conditions they face, have not been available. Secondly, Beigbeder detailed the [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a special report Thursday containing Palestinian journalists’ first-hand accounts of torture in Israeli prisons. The stories come from 59 testimonies of released journalists. Forty-eight of them were never charged with a crime, but detained under Israeli policies allowing six-month detentions without charge, renewable indefinitely. Others were charged with [...]

The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) decided Thursday to maintain its position on Sudan’s membership suspension, and identified key steps towards peace. The PSC stressed the severe humanitarian crisis in the country, citing starvation, systematic killings, and mass displacement of civilians, as well as the targeting of particular ethnic groups [...]

Amnesty International released a statement Wednesday announcing that they are a part of an appeal to Slovenia’s Constitutional Court seeking to end “punitive seizures” of social assistance disproportionately affecting the Roma community. The case was filed by the Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy, a coalition of four non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The case responds [...]

Armed men reportedly wearing police uniforms fired dozens of bullets at a Mozambican journalist’s vehicle, in what human rights groups are calling an assassination attempt aimed at silencing his reporting on illegal mining. Carlitos Candangue, a reporter for SOICO Television, was driving home with his son in Chimoio city on Tuesday evening when the attack [...]

New research published Thursday by two non-profit organizations, HelpAge International and Amnesty International, shows older people suffering an overlooked health crisis in occupied Gaza. Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s senior director for research and advocacy, explained the key facets of the situation, stating: During armed conflict, older people’s needs are often overlooked. In Gaza, older people [...]

UN officials warned on Wednesday that Haiti’s crisis has reached a critical phase as violence escalates, with entrenched criminal networks and spiralling humanitarian needs fueling national instability. Haiti is nearing the end of a foreseen political transition period, set to expire on February 7. However, the UN officials stated that efforts to restore security, democratic [...]

Amnesty International released a statement Thursday as a trial begins for activists who organized an annual vigil commemorating the protestors who were killed in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. The rights organization states that this is an escalation of Hong Kong authorities’ “weaponization” of national security laws to repress dissent. The two activists are Chow Hang-tung [...]

The UN Human Rights Office raised alarm on Monday over a “sharp hike” in the number of executions globally in 2025. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk articulated the office’s key concerns, stating: My Office monitored an alarming increase in the use of the capital punishment in 2025, especially for offences not meeting [...]

A UN expert warned on Thursday that growing use of excessive and unlawful use of lethal force by US military and security forces both internationally and domestically is “gravely concerning.” The report came from Morris Tidball-Binz, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. He condemned US official statements indicating a “shoot-to-kill” policy and explained [...]